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No. 442,023.. Patented Deo. 2, 1890.

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UNITEDN STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. DICKINSON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE GOLDEN RULE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CALENDAR.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 412,023, dated. December 2, 1890.

Application led l'uly 7. 1890. Serial No. 357.981. (No modelJ .To all whom. it may concern: t

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. DICKINsoN, of Boston, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Calendars, of. which the following is a specification, reference being had to the drawings accompanying and forming a part hereof, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved calendar. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal seetion on the dotted line of Fig. l.

It is common in many churches to receive a contribution or weekly offering from the members of the congregation in a sealed envelope. This system of collection is common ly known as the envelope system. The euvel opes necessary for a year are usuallysupplied in a loose package-that is, each envelope being independent. of the others--and it sometimes happens that the envelopes are lost or mislaid or that the offering is forgotten.

Myinvention has for its object to provide a calendar which shall confine the envelopes used for church offerings, the calendar for each week being printed upon the envelope which is'to be used the succeeding Sunday, and the whole constructed and combined to form a calendar which shall be a constant reminder to the owner of the Weekly offering, which shall furnish the envelope as it is required for the offering, and which shall reduce the danger of losing or mislaying the envelopes to a minimum.

I will describe the invention, using letters of reference to the accompanying drawings.

A is the back of the calendar, which may be of pasteboard or other suitable material and of any shape desired. As will be clear, the lettering or decoration of the bac-l: may be changed as desired. To the back A, I secure a box or case-B, which may be made of pasteboard or other suitable material, and which is preferably detachabl y secured to the back by brass fastening-prongs f or in any other well-kuown manner, or it may be secured to the back by paste or glue or in such a way that it cannot be readily detached. I prefer, however, to make it detachable, because the box may then be used for succeeding years, there being no printing or lettering upon it which would apply to one year only.

The box is constructed, as shown, preferably, with au open top and with an opening in the front, so that the front envelope of the package, which is placed within the box, will be in view and the lettering upon the front face of this envelope maybe read. This lettering will denote the calendar for the current week. In the box behind the envelopes I place a sheet g, preferably of tin, of a size approximate to the size of the envelopes, and to the back of this tin plate I secure a spiral spring 7i.. This plate and spring is placed behind the envelopes in the box and serves to keep the envelopes pressed forward constantly into the front of the box, so that the envelope in front will be close to the front opening. As the plate and spring might Vnot hold the envelopes forward in the box when the package of envelopes has been nearly exhausted-that is, when the envelopes have been reduced to a small number-I have provided a false front or partition, (shown at (L) so that an opening e is left between the false front or partition d and the front of the box, and the envelope for the current week may be taken from the back of the box and put into this opening,i11 which case it will be held in a position Where the calendar thereon will be plainly in view. By this arrangement the spring and tin plate may be dispensed with altogether, if desired, the party using the calendar simply taking the proper envelope from the box and inserting` it in the space c in front whenever the envelope in the space is used.

As will be clear, the precise number of envelopes employed may be varied, and the calendar may be employed for other purposes than as an offertory-ealendar. As that is its chief object, however, I have shown it in the aeeompanyin g drawings with the face of each envelope bearing the calendar for aweek and ending with the Sunday on which it is to be used. As will be obvious, the back or the face of the envelope may have the calendaiprinted upon it; but the face of the envelope will ordinarily be preferred for that purpose. It will also be clear that the calendar may be embellished with appropriate texts or may be also ornamented, as desired. y

The partition d may obviously be constructed without extending the material from IOO which it is made baokwardly along the sides of the box to the back thereof, as shown,Fig. 2. It has been constructed as shown merely for greater eheapness and ease of construetion when the box is made of pasteboard. When a convenient stand is provided for the box, the back A may be dispensed with-that is, the stand becomes the back of the calendar.

1. A calendar consisting,` of the back A,provided with the box B, having a partly open front and provided rearward of said front with a fixed partition d, forming the pocket or opening e, substantially as set forth.

2. A Calendar consisting of the back A, the box B, att-ached thereto and having a partlyopen front, and rearward of said front a fixed partition d, forming the pocket or opening e,

and the spring-impelled plate or follower g having a calendar for a Week thereon, sub- 3o stantially as shown and described.

CITAS. A. DICKINSON.

Witnesses:

FRANK \V. HALL, HARR'IET G. HALL. 

